Data for 1997

GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997

Name: GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
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1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997 covers 104 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 79,384.1; Mozambique is lowest, at 585.9. The middle country reads 9,426.3. Against 1996, 101 values changed (82 up, 19 down), 3 countries joined.

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GNI per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1997

HighestLuxembourg

79,384.1

LowestMozambique

585.9

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

104countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
104distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	79,384.1
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69,649.0
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63,456.3
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62,777.9
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	58,035.6
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50,286.4
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50,234.5
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49,757.3
9	United States`USA`Northern America	49,353.5
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	49,031.4
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,143.0
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	46,847.2
13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42,819.3
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	42,810.9
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42,655.5
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	42,379.9
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	42,289.0
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39,420.3
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	37,141.3
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	34,875.3
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,444.7
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32,577.9
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29,939.0
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29,630.3
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29,428.3
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	28,049.2
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	27,347.3
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	26,693.3
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25,776.2
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,719.6
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19,801.9
32	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	19,495.7
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18,111.4
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	17,362.8
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15,776.4
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14,394.8
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,568.4
38	Chile`CHL`South America	13,499.1
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13,158.7
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12,973.0
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12,955.2
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12,705.5
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	12,363.2
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11,139.4
45	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10,927.1
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	10,768.1
47	Colombia`COL`South America	10,749.5
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10,541.8
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10,138.3
50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9,843.7
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,616.7
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9,439.8
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9,412.7
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9,049.3
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9,024.1
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,971.2
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8,793.6
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,581.6
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,166.9
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8,161.8
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,057.6
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7,932.5
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,137.8
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,812.2
65	Peru`PER`South America	6,784.9
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,091.4
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,903.9
68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,398.0
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,379.7
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,378.0
71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,171.9
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,983.5
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,725.3
74	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,714.9
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,632.3
76	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4,453.9
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4,339.4
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,221.9
79	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,938.6
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,831.8
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,536.6
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,487.3
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,431.0
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,262.1
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3,169.6
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,076.7
87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,936.4
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,641.0
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,578.8
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,573.7
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,296.9
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,078.5
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,742.1
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,741.6
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,706.0
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,557.4
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,471.5
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,463.3
99	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,395.5
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,300.0
101	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,285.1
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,226.6
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	811.4
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	585.9

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg79,384.1
2Switzerland69,649.0
3Brunei63,456.3
4Singapore62,777.9
5Norway58,035.6

Lowest

104Mozambique585.9
103Rwanda811.4
102Burkina Faso1,226.6
101DR Congo1,285.1
100Niger1,300.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 9,426.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 101 in both
82 · 19rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore58,861.0 → 62,777.9+3,916.9
Luxembourg76,188.8 → 79,384.1+3,195.3
Brunei60,450.0 → 63,456.3+3,006.3
Norway55,084.9 → 58,035.6+2,950.7
Finland39,771.5 → 42,655.5+2,884.0

Fell most

Bahamas33,318.4 → 32,577.9−740.5
Albania5,368.6 → 4,725.3−643.3
Iran13,226.0 → 12,705.5−520.5
Bulgaria11,041.4 → 10,541.8−499.6
Tajikistan2,575.8 → 2,078.5−497.3

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Marshall Islands

+ Serbia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 104 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1997). GNI per Capita (PPP), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gni-per-capita/1997

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